Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-23
The First Of the Three Days Con-
stitutional Centennial Celebra-
ton al Philadelphia.
Monster Civic 6nd Industrial Parade
Illustrating the Advancement Of
the Arts and Sciences
Ths Day Full of Illustrations OF the Great
Strides Our Nation Has Made in the
First Century CT lis Existence.
THE QUAKER CITY IN CoLoRs

this morning in their holiday garb. AL .
day yesterday and last night visitors, in
Guiding distinguished guests, military |
and iremen, arrived by every possible |
conveyance, and the dozen railroad de- |
pots were taxed to their utmost in &C.
commodating the thrOng which had !
6ocked 10 the "Cradlc OF Liberty" to /
bear witness by their presence CT their
love and venerstion for The historic doc
ument which gave them liberty and free
dom. 1t is safe TO ssY that there are ct
least 200, 900 visitors from g distance in
addition to the thousands from adjacent
counties Of Pennsylvania, New DER
sey, Delaware and Maryland, and
hardly state or territory re
mains unrepreaented in the three days
festival. The streets to-day present sn
appearance that is lovely in the extreme,
In all directions as far Is the eye can
reach it is one mass of bunting and deco
ration. The monster civic and industrial
psgeant started from Broad and D2Uphin
streets shortly after 10 O'Clock aud
marched TO Broad and Moore streets,
distance OF nearly five miles, end then
countermarched TO the starting point,
passing through one continuous line OF
observation stands gaily decorated with
FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS.
North Broad street YES SO crowded as
to be almost impossible as early as
o'clock. On North Broad street there
WAS scarcely house, public or private,
that was not covered with bunting or IN
other ways suitably decorated. Some
| houses were almost covered with heroic
statues OF Columbia surrounded by flags
| of ell nations, while other fronts were
completely concealed with bunting. Odd
Fellows h8ll exhibited e banner announC-
ing the place as "The spot where Frank
| lyn drew lightning from the clouds in
1752," and st o.her points busts Of Wssh-
ipgtOn were mounted in front Of houses
and profusely decorated. Nearly 81 the
side streets leading into North Broad
were roped Of and filled with trucks on
which huge tiers of seats were erected
and rapidly sold. The scene at the grand
reviewing stand situated opposite the
Union League Club house on Broad
street, Just below SaDsom, was 8 grand
one. The stands on either side Of Broad
street were
FILLED WITH PEOPLE.
The gay COlOrS OF the ladies' and chill
dren's ra.ment lieut. beauty to the magnif-
icent and elaborate decorations Of various
stands.
Amid the gay holiday attire Of the
streets there is nothing more conspicuous
, and artistic than three triumpaGl arches
} that span Broad and Chestnut streets
} The Broad street Srch, the principal ore,
} is almost opposite the main review stand
} which will be occupied by the President
: end his party upon their arrival. 1t was
5 erected by the centennial commission
, and is sixty feet high springing from eacf
2 curb snd is OF plain semi-cirCUlar form
= and segmented on the south with lliumi-
mated shields Of the thirty eight states
l forming the Union end on the nortl
= with the names Of the states, the SHIELD
and name Of each being back tC
; back. The thirteen original states &C
= cupY the middle section of the grouI
: and the others are placed alongside il
{ the order in which they came into tn
y Union. The surmountiug arch is man
: moth device consisting OF the American
, eagle, and the stand is OF
{ NATIONAL COLORS.
= There were sixteen telegraph station
= along the route Of the parade which wer
1 established for the purpose Of cOmmuni
: eating from one end of the line 10 th
G other, and Just as q telegram flashed owe
e the wires announcing that the pagean
e had started from Broad and D2uphi
J. streets at l0:25 p. N, Governor Beave
), rode by In his carriage an
: YVES greeted with 2 hearty round OF az
n plause. b II O'Clock the distinguish
! guests, governors, foreign ministers an
: others began TO pour into their Gssigne
+ places thick GId fast. As the diferen
il governors passed UP and down BroG
street, and were recognized they receive
d round after round of cheers, the ladie
L and children joined in the greeting by tt
waving Of hats, handkerChiets aad parf
soils. The constitutional centennial con
T mission WAS Officially presented or th
grand stand by Hon. John Il. k&S5oI
! presbent; Hon. Amos K. Little, Chairma
ef~the executive committee; Il. /. Carson
secretary; +. Carroll Brewster, Jr., Co
responding secretary; and assistant sec
:, rotary, Black who occupied seats On tn
front Of the stand. Section A, the certt
portion of the stand, Wss reserved for ii
. governors of the states with their staff
J. Ga this stand also were the
= SENATOR'S AND REPRESENTATIVES,,
re many Of whom were present, commits
"a siocers OF various states and territOrie!
8 thirty-three of whom were present, al
lomatc corps, foreign consuls and G
" peci.lly invited guests. Section B cor
ID tained distinguished visitors. The hea
=, Of the procession, led by 8 Gordon
a. mounted police, reached the city hall {
lie Broad and Market streets st ii 40. tt
r, crowd was so immense st this point til
is the police had great difficulty in drlvi1
IT them back. The street was, howeve
cleared In time to prevent the stoppa!
+ OF the moving pageant. which proceedt
= around the west side and past the graz
e reviewing stand ct Walnut street.
THE PARADE IN DETAIL.
The monster civic and industrial para(
Illustrating the advancement Of the i
dustrial arts and sciences during the pa
90 century, it is believed, fairly eclipse
"a anything OF the kind ever known. The
" we're in the line 500 floats, each bearing
~ representation Of some particular bfan'
Of industry, 1900 men, 5000 hors
IN and $50 bands of music. At Il
- head OF the column rode Colonel 4. Lo
- den Snowden, chief marshal, snd his st:
- OF fifty aids snd standard bearers and tV
- trumpeters. Directly behind them oil
~ leading the column itself was 8 Unite
y States marine band followed by graz
=. banner representing Columbia pointing
- the past with ore hand and with the otn
"a to the present, the former being re
70 resented by old implements g.
no conditions, the latter by those OF to-da
IN indicating progress. The banner typif
a. the demonstration and was drawn on
ce car by six horses. The display from Il
nd point was divided into twenty-three